A 60-year-old Grafton woman who died in a two-car accident Saturday night at Route 20 and Grafton Street is remembered by her daughter as “a very loving, caring and affectionate person” and a “great mother.”

Elaine D. Barber of 25 Snow Road, North Grafton, was pronounced dead at UMass Memorial Medical Center — University Campus, Worcester, as a result of her injuries. The driver of the other vehicle, Steven Cabral, 25, of Hudson, was treated for injuries that were not life-threatening. The two-car accident was reported about 8:30 p.m.

Mrs. Barber leaves her husband, Charles Barber; a son, Daniel Barber, who lives in Buzzards Bay, and a daughter, Denise Barber, who lives with her parents. Mrs. Barber is originally from St. John’s, New Brunswick, and lived in the United States since she was 7 and in Grafton since 1984. She graduated from Framingham South High School.

“She was a very loving, caring and affectionate person,” Miss Barber said. “She’s from Canada. Originally, they had a huge family with all the cousins, uncles and aunts getting together. Then, pretty much over the years, it was just her left. Her parents and her brother all passed away.”

Mrs. Barber was a hairdresser who worked out of her home, as well as a sales associate at Walmart in West Boylston. According to her daughter, Mrs. Barber just finished her shift at Walmart and was driving home at the time of the accident. The last time the mother and daughter spoke to each other was Saturday morning, Miss Barber said.

“We were waiting for her to come home,” Miss Barber said. “And then she was going to eat and go to bed, so she could get up early for her shift the next day.”

Miss Barber said her mother loved skiing and bicycling, was fascinated by genealogy and loved researching her family tree, loved her pets, and was “big into politics” and not too pleased with the outcome of the recent presidential election, her daughter said.

“She had her opinion about everything that had to do with politics,” Miss Barber said.

In addition, Mrs. Barber was a big country music fan whose favorite artist was Willie Nelson. She was also a self-taught guitarist and violinist.

“Everyday she played the violin and the guitar,” Miss Barber said. “She has been playing the guitar since she was younger. She just started playing the violin a few years ago, teaching herself.”

Miss Barber said it’s especially difficult to lose her mother so suddenly and so close to the holiday season.

“She was into Christmas,” Miss Barber said. “She already had presents wrapped under the Christmas tree.”

Miss Barber said she’s going to miss having her mother around and seeing her everyday.“She was a great mother,” Miss Barber said.

Shrewsbury police determined that Mr. Cabral was driving a 2004 Audi A-4 east on Route 20 when it collided with a a 2007 Honda Civic going north on Grafton Street and crossing Route 20. Ms. Barber was driving the Honda Civic.

Shrewsbury police and firefighters and UMass Memorial Medical Center paramedics responded. Traffic was detoured for approximately three hours. The accident is under investigation by Central Mass. Law Enforcement Council crash reconstruction unit and Shrewsbury Officers Ryan Chartrand and Daniel Cronin.